Per-user alias address

Per-user alias address

Since iRedMail-0.9.3, we have per-user alias address support, that means mail user john.smith@domain.com can have additional email addresses like john@domain.com, js@domain.com and more, all emails sent to these addresses will be delivered to same mailbox (john.smith@domain.com). With per-user alias address support, you don't need to create separated mail alias accounts anymore.

Manage per-user alias addresses with iRedAdmin-Pro

You can manage per-user alias addresses with iRedAdmin-Pro in user profile page, under tab "Aliases". Screenshot attached below.

SQL backend: Manage per-user alias addresses with SQL command line

Add additional email addresses sales@domain.com, bill@domain.com for existing user john@domain.com:

sql> USE vmail;

sql> INSERT INTO alias (address, goto, alias_to, is_alias, domain)
                VALUES ('sales@domain.com', 'john@domain.com', 'john@domain.com', 1, 'domain.com');

sql> INSERT INTO alias (address, goto, alias_to, is_alias, domain)
                VALUES ('bill@domain.com', 'john@domain.com', 'john@domain.com', 1, 'domain.com');

Account sales@domain.com and bill@domain.com are NOT existing mail user accounts.
Values of column alias.goto and alias.alias_to must be the same -- email address of the existing mail user.
In above sample, bill@domain.com could be an email address which belongs to your alias domain.
You're free to add as many additional email addresses as you want.

LDAP backend: Manage per-user alias addresses

For LDAP backend, per-user alias addresses are stored in LDAP attribute shadowAddress of user object, and attribute/value pair enabledService=shadowaddress is required. For example:

dn: mail=john@domain.com,ou=Users,domainName=domain.com,o=domains,dc=xxx,dc=xxx
enabledService: shadowaddress
shadowAddress: sales@domain.com
shadowAddress: bill@domain.com
...

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